Sunburst Ski Area
The land that is now Sunburst Ski Area was originally a hill farmed by the Becker family. In 1961 two Milwaukee area families, the Casey's and the Christiansen's, who had been looking for a ski able hill near Milwaukee for their families bought the land from the Becker's. Together the two families cleared the hill for a main run and a beginner's run, installed two lifts, a 1,200 foot T-bar imported from Germany and a rope tow and "Wunderburg" was born.
Soon the two families found out just how much work a ski hill actually was and sold it to a group of investors from Milwaukee who renamed the area "Sunburst". They built a ticket office, rental building and added another rope tow and chairlift. Sunburst was a popular place for ski groups under the direction of the owner/manager, Herb Smith.
In 1984 Jim and Kim Engel bought the area and over the past twenty-one years have remodeled every building on the property including the chalet and ticket office. They also built a new rental building, increased the number of rental skis and added snowboards. In addition they built two maintenance buildings and purchased four state of the art grooming machines.
On the hill they have added two chairlifts, two rope tows and lights on every run. An expert hill and terrain park was added to add fun and excitement for experts. In 1997 they added a snow tubing operation. They built a tubing chalet and developed a tubing hill with 10 chutes and two luge runs.
Snowmaking is the name of the business in Wisconsin. Sunburst has 100% is coverage for it snowmaking system with underground pipes and wiring to make it state of the art. Sunburst has been the first area in Wisconsin to open every one of the last 12 years. The earliest opening date was November 9, 2003 and the latest closing was March 21, 1998.
We're still growing... Thanks to you!
As always we are increasing out snowmaking to have slopes ready even faster. The snowboard park continues to grow and improve. It is still larger with more "hits" and we are addressing jump location.
Sunburst has and continues to improve its family atmosphere. We are pleased that you have chosen Sunburst for your winter recreation.
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| General |
Terrain - Sunburst hosts a variety of trails including beginner, advanced, and expert levels.
Night Skiing - We offer night skiing 7 nights a week on all runs.
Snowboarding - Sunburst has a snowboard park and snowboarding is allowed on all trails as well. The snowboard terrain park is loaded with lots of rails, hits and jumps.
Longest Run - ¼ mile
Skiable Acres - 35 acres
Snowmaking - 1,500 gallons per minute, 100% coverage
Easiest Trails -
White Carpet is in the beginner area and hosts 2 towropes and "wonder carpet".
Pussy Foot is a novice trail for practice and is accessed by a rope tow.
More Difficult -
Exhibition is a trail of intermediate skiing and is accessed by two chair lifts.
Snow Bowl is Sunburst's longest run with rolls and jumps and is accessed by three chair lifts.
Upper Leg is connected to Pussy Foot and is accessed by a chair lift.
Most Difficult -
Bull Run is an advanced trail that is accessed by a chair lift.
Four-Forty is an advanced trail that is accessed by a chair lift. |
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| Targeted Activities: |
Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowtubing |
| Season Availability: |
November to March
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| Number of Lifts: |
7 |
| Lift Details: |
3 double chairs, 4 tow ropes |
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Sorry, at this moment there are no services listed here. If you offer Snowboarding Services that target Sunburst Ski Area then we invite you to join our Travel Partner Program and be the first to get your services listed here!
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